Hydrocarbon-lamp support.



A. G. KAUFMAN.

HYDROCARBON LAMP SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1914.

1,142,81 5, Patented June 15, 1915.

i Q Inventor:

ADOLPH Gr. KAUFMAN, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

HYDROCARBON- LAMP SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915'.

Application filed June 10, 1914. Serial No. 844,217.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADoLPH G. KAUFMAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Hydrocarbon-LampSupport, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hydrocarbon lamps, and especially to the classof lamps where the hydrocarbon is converted into a gas before beingburned; and the object of my invention is to provide a lamp soconstructed that it may be removed from the normal support used when inuse, and set on a table, or floor when refilling.

The invention is designed as a companion application to the applicationfor patent on a self-contained hydrocarbon lamp, filed June 10, 1914,Serial Number 844,218.

In the companion application a lamp is described in which the reservoir,bracket, generator, and burner, or burners are combined as an article ofmanufacture. With such a lamp it is desirable to take the same from itssupport when filling, or cleaning, and rest it upon the floor, or atable. During such operation it is most desirable that the lamp shouldbe supported in a firm manner. As, however, the lamp proper isnecessarily located at some distance from the reservoir it is adifficult matter to support the complete device. To overcome thisdifliculty I have so constructed the parts that the bracket itself willform one of the legs on which the entire device may be supported; and Ihave formed cooperating supports in conjunction with the regularsuspending rod of the reservoir to hold both the lamp and reservoir inan upright position when resting on a table or floor.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1, is a side elevation of a hydrocarbon lamp constructed inaccordance with my invention; and Fig. 2, is an elevation, taken atright angles to Fig. 1.

In the drawing similar numerals of reference refer to the same parts ineach of the views.

In practice, I provide a hydrocarbon lamp having a suspending tube, orrod 4:, reservoir 5, through which said suspending tube, or rod passes,a bracket 6, and lamp 7, with a support consisting of two legs, or feet8, and 9, connected with the bottom of said suspending tube, or rodoutside the reservoir 7, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, and mountingon the ends thereof respectively the knobs 10, and 11, and in providingthe bracket 6, with a knob 12, on a line with the knobs 10, and 11,whereby when the lamp is resting on a support, indicated by the line 13,the lamp will stand substantially level for the purpose of filling thereservoir through the part 14, or for the purpose of cleaning the lamp.As the entire device is supported at three points located in asubstantially hori- Zontal plane; and two of these supports areconnected directly with the suspending tube, or rod passing through thereservoir, and these three points are so located that both the lampproper and reservoir will be firmly supported, it is evident that I haveprovided simple and efiicient means to perform the desired act ofholding the entire device in a perfectly firm manner.

WVhile I have shown but one lamp connected with thereservoir 5, it isevident that a lamp could be mounted on each side of thereservoir insubstantially the same manner as the lamp shown is mounted on one sidethereof.

It will thus be seen that I have provided simple and efficient means forsupporting a hydrocarbon lamp of the character described in a firmmanner when removed from the normal support and resting on a floor, ortable; and I have provided such a support without detracting from theappearance of the device. By utilizing a part of the lamp bracket-toform one support I am not only able to provide a very firm device; butby such a construction I am able to make a hydrocarbon lamp in which thereal purpose of the particular positioning of the bracket with thecontact point thereon will not'be apparent when the lamp is performingits normal function; and, consequently, the attractive appearance of thelamp will not be marred.

I claim: said legs and bracket being in the same hori- A hydrocarbonlamp having a reservoir, a Zontal plane, for the purpose set forth. 11suspending device passing through said Dated 9th June, 1914. reservoir,a bracket, and a lamp proper, a ADOLPH G KAUFMAN support comprising twolegs each havlng one end secured to said suspending device Witnesses:

and a knob mounted on the other end, and JAMEs A. WHITE, said brackethaving a knob, the knobs on 154A. WEST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner oi Patents, Washington, D. G.

